Palo Alto Networks + Dig Security

Extending Code to Cloud™ Platform with Innovative Data Security for the Generative AI Era

The digital landscape is undergoing a profound shift. Cloud native transformation and the fast pace of application development, driven by advances in generative AI, have led to a significant rise in data sprawl. As many large enterprises rely on hybrid cloud and multicloud environments, it is becoming increasingly challenging to know with confidence whether or not your data is secured.

The data sprawl across public clouds, while offering flexibility and scalability, raises concerns about the security of sensitive data. The 2023 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report revealed that over 80% of recent data breaches involved data stored in the cloud. As if this attack surface was not challenging enough, the rapid rise and adoption of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI within enterprise applications have created new threat vectors involving sensitive data stored in the cloud.

In modern organizations, managing cloud data has become more complex due to multiple databases and data stores tied to cloud native applications, which are spread across various cloud providers. Security and data governance teams continue to grapple with several pressing questions:

1. Where is my data stored in the cloud? Do I have any sensitive data exposed?
2. Are there any ongoing threats and data breaches happening in my environment?
   1. Are any data stores enumerated and exposed to external entities?
   2. Is there an ongoing data exfiltration to an external account?
3. What is my list of prioritized data security risks taking into account the context of application and cloud?
4. How can I mitigate or remediate these risks?
   1. Can I revoke access to a suspicious user or an entity exhibiting anomalous behavior on sensitive data stores?
5. How can I report on security and compliance posture and track it over time?

The urgency of these questions cannot be overstated, and answering them cannot happen in silos or with homegrown tools. Security teams require a Code to Cloud™ platform approach that combines data security with cloud context. This approach provides visibility, governance around cloud data, and the ability to detect and prevent data loss or exfiltration.

Extending Code to Cloud™ Intelligence with Data Security

Earlier this month, we announced the Prisma Cloud Darwin release, which introduced Code to Cloud™ intelligence, a new approach to modern cloud security challenges. It connects insights from the developer environment to the application runtime, contextualizing alerts and offering remediations to prevent risks and stop breaches effectively. Once we close the acquisition, Dig Security will strengthen our investment in powerful data security capabilities that extend Code to Cloud intelligence insights to cloud data stores and generative AI models, allowing security teams to have a comprehensive operational view of applications, data, and cloud infrastructure, all in one place. More importantly, it will enable them to detect and respond to data exfiltration rapidly.

The call to action is clear – organizations must look for best-in-class data security to be integrated into their Code to Cloud platform. The result is the ability to understand their cloud data footprint granularly, dynamically manage user access, fortify their defenses against threats, and stay compliant with regulations. While the cloud continues to promise a brighter, more scalable and connected future, it also demands a renewed focus on security. After all, in this age of digitization, data is not just an asset; it's the lifeblood of an organization.

Learn More about Code to Cloud™ Intelligence

Interested in learning how to prioritize and fix critical application risks at the source, and in a matter of minutes? Join us at our virtual event, CNAPP Supercharged: A Radically New Approach to Cloud Security, on October 31, 2023. Discover Prisma Cloud's latest innovations and how to streamline app lifecycle protection. Register today!

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Forward-Looking Statements

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